24 March 2011

Eclectic Eccentricity is a vibrant collection of vintage and contemporary jewellery. Combining a love for unique and varied pieces with a hefty dose of fun, the collections are as different as the name. Founded in 2004, Eclectic Eccentricity is full of gems and trinkets galore; necklaces, rings, brooches, bracelets and hair slides, all inspired by […]

Andy Warhol’s hippy hangout The Factory was famous on the New York scene for its parties, artsy types and drug-fuelled shenanigans. And now the West London Art Factory is launching its first pop-up event to stamp its mark on the London art scene (er…minus the drugs). Get Rolling is a one-off party special on 1 […]

In what seems like a rather unlikely collaboration, Design Studio, D&AD, Nokia and Finlandia vodka are coming together tonight to help present the Nokia Pure Exhibition, celebrating the launch of the new Nokia Pure typeface created by typographer Dalton Maag. Refreshingly, perhaps, for a mobile phone company, the new typeface is really rather beautiful. Nokia […]

In a terrifying reminder of how quickly 2011 is going, news is already reaching us about exciting new plans for this year’s Origin Contemporary Craft Fair, with the deadline for those wishing to exhibit rapidly approaching. In fact, it’s next week (29 March), so best prize those misshapen knitting needled claws away from the bobbins […]

Designers Anonymous has been appointed to redesign the packaging for Eastpak bag and clothing brand’s spring/summer 2012 collection. The consultancy was invited to take part in a three-way credentials pitch at the end of February. It will initially redesign swing tags for Eastpak’s bag range, and hopes to later create tags for its other ranges. […]

As part of the Cornwall Design Season, Studio Space One designer Sam Gray has created a poster for The Playing Place, a literary-inspired designed space housed in a shipping container in Lemon Quay, Truro. The Playing Place is influenced by Cornwall’s amphitheatres. Words are by John Simmons.

Branding and design consultancy Mobas has rebranded The Cambridge Building Society. The new identity aims to ’reflect optimism and a positive approach’ through a vibrant colour palette, with the four brand colours representing the organisation’s four core financial services.

Me & Dave has named and branded E City, a new luxury apartment complex based on east London’s Old Street that is being marketed to the South East Asian market. Appointed by developer Tudorvale in January following a pitch, the consultancy was asked to address affluent buyers through branding and advertising for a Singapore launch, […]

Pencil is working on the brand guidelines, print collateral, signage and wayfinding for technology hub the National Composites Centre, which is due to open in Bristol in the summer. Pencil was appointed three weeks ago following a two-stage tender process, which involved the consultancy developing the company’s identity, predominantly through colour and new iterations of […]

One of the more interesting aspects of straitened times is the way creative businesses respond. It is not just a case of drawing in the horns and trying even harder to help clients. It is about doing things differently. This is the case with branding group Someone. With projects as big and diverse as, say, […]

Airside has created a new website for UK-based wine importer Liberty Wines. The consultancy was appointed in September 2010 following a three-way strategic pitch. Airside was chosen to work on the project because of the strength of its strategic proposals and its keenness to find out what made the company tick, says Airside interaction designer […]

Brighton-based consultancy Wild Dog Design has created the website for Political Tours – a company that offers tours to countries at the centre of current affairs. Set up by former New York Times journalist Nicholas Wood, Political Tours offers trips to countries such as Bosnia, Ethiopia, Northern Ireland and North Korea. Wild Dog managing director […]

Consultancy Aesop has completed some beautiful but harrowing work for charity Unseen, which campaigns against modern day slavery. Aesop worked with illustrators such as Tom Jay and Radio to create what at first appear to be festive paper chains – but on closer inspection, depict individual stories of recent victims of slavery. The paper chains […]

Consultancy Sheridan&Co has designed the branding for fitness studio Opus based in Notting Hill, London. The studio was formerly known as DKPT, so has been renamed and received a new visual look and website. Sheridan&Co also created a new strapline “Fitness to Inspire”. Michael Sheridan, founder at Sheridan&Co, says the rebrand hopes to convey the […]

Jasper Conran has opened a hotel in Marrakech, Morocco, based in a 19th century riad. L’Hôtel Marrakech is comprised of five suites, which surround a courtyard garden and swimming pool. It includes pieces of Moroccan antique furniture, textiles, lighting and art, all taken from Conran’s collection. Conran worked on the restoration of the building with […]

Cardiff-based Bluegg has launched a countrywide awareness campaign in Wales to prevent drivers from driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs over the Christmas period. The campaign was produced in collaboration with the five police forces in Wales, and is designed to tap into people’s emotions by depicting a family dealing with the loss […]

Founder Phoa Kia Boon and creative director Clifford Hiscock have designed The New Black, a coffee shop on Philpot Lane in central London. Design features include stainless steel benches which hide the coffee machines, steel and glass bench seating areas and a “bean counter” near the entrance, where customers are able to smell the individual […]

Fourth year students on the product design engineering programme at the Glasgow School of Art have designed a collection of products in collaboration with the GSA shop. The students were briefed to create designs which would allow them to experiment with materials and manufacturing techniques, while also having commercial appeal. The products, which include a […]

Build has designed the brand identity for the new interior collection by modular furniture and homeware workshop, Plæy. The identity comprises a new modular-inspired logo and icon, which will be applied to all print and digital collateral.

Drinkall Dean has designed the new shop and ticket area for Tower Bridge Exhibition’s Engine Rooms, which house the steam engines, furnaces and accumulators once used to power the raising of Tower Bridge. Design elements include brass shelves inspired by trays in the engine rooms and a series of coloured steel shelves which are used […]